1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1972
2nd World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Worthing, England
Date(s)	05 June - 17 June 1972.
Category	World Bowls Championship
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The 1972 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 5–17 June 1972.
Maldwyn Evans won the singles which was held in a round robin format.^[2]
The Pairs Gold was won by Hong Kong, the Triples Gold by the United States and the Fours Gold went to England. Scotland lifted the Leonard Trophy with just one point more than South Africa and the United States.^[3]

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Maldwyn Evans	Dick Bernard	Tommy Harvey
Men's Pairs	Saco Delgado Eric Liddell	Jim Candelet Bill Tewksbury	Tommy Harvey Brian Ellwood
Men's Triples	Bill Miller Clive Forrester Dick Folkins	Edgar Davey J A Marsh Doug Watson	John Russell Evans Hugh Andrews Gareth Humphreys
Men's Fours	Norman King Cliff Stroud Ted Hayward Peter Line	Rennie Logan Alex McIntosh Jock McAtee Harry Reston	Saco Delgado Abdul Kitchell Roberto da Silva Oscar Adem
Men's Team	Scotland	South Africa	United States

Results

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Men's Singles - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Maldwyn Evans	15	12	3	289	222	24	+67
2	Dick Bernard	15	11	4	291	196	22	+95
3	Tommy Harvey	15	10	5	299	218	20	+71
4	Barry Salter	15	10	5	296	219	20	+77
5	Jim Candelet	15	10	5	267	251	20	+16
6	David Bryant	15	9	6	281	216	18	+65
7	Roy Fulton	15	9	6	281	233	18	+48
8	Bob McDonald	15	9	6	269	244	18	+25
9	Robert Henderson	15	8	7	272	274	16	-2
10	Eric Liddell	15	7	8	239	248	14	-9
11	Harry Lakin	15	7	8	246	291	14	-45
12	Syd Snowsill	15	6	9	236	288	12	-52
13	Chunk Treisman	15	5	10	215	270	10	-55
14	Don Ingrouille	15	4	11	226	280	8	-54
15	Ben Van Niekerk	15	2	13	198	301	4	-103
16	Harry Figg	15	1	14	160	314	2	-154

Men's Pairs - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Saco Delgado & Eric Liddell	15	12	0	3	353	245	24	+108
2	Jim Candelet & Bill Tewksbury	15	11	0	4	325	250	22	+75
3	Tommy Harvey & Brian Ellwood	15	10	0	5	344	241	20	+103
4	Rennie Logan & Harry Reston	15	10	0	5	319	242	20	+77
5	Norman King & Peter Line	15	10	0	5	302	272	20	+30
6	Robert McDonald & Peter Kerry Clark	15	9	0	6	312	268	18	+44
7	Roy Fulton & William Tate	15	8	1	6	328	282	17	+46
8	C Slight & Stuart Flanders	15	8	1	6	277	323	17	-46
9	Errol Bungey & Barry Salter	15	7	0	8	330	264	14	+66
10	Ram Harakh & Peter Underhill	15	6	1	8	256	327	13	-71
11	M Hutton & Oswald Dent	15	6	0	9	264	308	12	-44
12	Bob Mackintosh & Jim Watkin	15	6	0	9	266	331	12	-65
13	Maldwyn Evans & D Jenkins	15	5	0	10	282	302	10	-20
14	I Driman & Matt Gordon	15	5	0	10	264	320	10	-56
15	Don Ingouille & Roy du Feu	15	4	1	10	238	311	9	-73
16	W Gorman & J Arthur	15	1	0	14	215	389	2	-174

Men's Triples - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Bill Miller, Clive Forrester & Dick Folkins	15	11	2	2	268	213	24	+45
2	Edgar Davey, J A Marsh & Doug Watson	15	11	1	3	292	192	23	+100
3	John Russell Evans, Hugh Andrews & Gareth Humphreys	15	11	1	3	290	236	23	+54
4	Dick Bernard, Alex McIntosh & Jock McAtee	15	10	1	4	295	185	21	+110
5	Phil Skoglund, Bill MacAthur & B Sinclair	15	9	1	5	251	223	19	+28
6	Cliff Stroud, Ted Hayward & David Bryant	15	9	0	6	269	201	18	+68
7	Oscar Adem, Abdul Kitchell & Roberto da Silva	15	9	0	6	292	242	18	+50
8	Barry Welsh, Barrie Baxter & Robert Henderson	15	8	0	7	259	249	16	+10
9	Gerard Sloan, Tom Kennedy & Jimmy Dennison	15	7	1	7	251	241	15	+10
10	Stan Coomber, Frank Perry & John Dobbie	15	7	0	8	251	249	14	+2
11	Ben Krivy, Chunk Treisman & Harry Esakov	15	5	3	7	229	270	13	-41
12	Sydney Snowsill, Shaun Patton & Gordon Maxwell	15	6	0	9	239	269	12	-30
13	Joe Dolan, Ben Van Niekerk & W Croft	15	5	0	10	220	271	10	-51
14	Harry Lakin, Peter Crossan & D de Grandhomme	15	3	0	12	220	271	6	-51
15	Harry Figg, Sam Caffyn & Robert Leadbetter	15	2	0	13	196	320	4	-124
16	Cyril Smith, George Hollings & Charlie Woodhard	15	2	0	13	181	334	4	-153

Men's Fours - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Shots
1	Norman King, Cliff Stroud, Ted Hayward & Peter Line	15	13	1	1	372	254	27	+118
2	Rennie Logan, Alex McIntosh, Jock McAtee & Harry Reston	15	11	0	4	397	221	22	+176
3	Saco Delgado, Abdul Kitchell, Roberto da Silva & Oscar Adem	15	10	1	4	319	288	21	+31
4	Gerard Sloan, Tom Kennedy, William Tate & Jimmy Dennison	15	10	0	5	325	251	20	+74
5	Bill Miller, Clive Forrester, Dick Folkins & Bill Tewksbury	15	10	0	5	315	267	20	+48
6	Edgar Davey, J A Marsh, Doug Watson & Brian Ellwood	15	9	0	6	365	254	18	+111
7	Kerry Clark, Phil Skoglund, Bill MacArthur, B Sinclair	15	9	0	6	336	287	18	+49
8	Stan Coomber, Frank Perry, John Dobbie & Errol Bungey	15	9	0	6	294	292	18	+2
9	John Russell Evans, Hugh Andrews, Gareth Humphreys & D Jenkins	15	8	0	7	347	280	16	+67
10	Barry Welsh, Barrie Baxter, M Hutton & Oswald Dent	15	7	0	8	296	309	14	-13
11	Ram Harakh, Peter Underhill, Shaun Patton & Gordon Maxwell	15	7	0	8	279	307	14	-28
12	C Slight, Stuart Flanders, Peter Crossan & D de Grandhomme	15	3	2	10	263	331	8	-68
13	Ben Krivy, I Driman, Matt Gordon & Harry Esakov	15	4	0	11	279	360	8	-81
14	Bob Mackintosh, Jim Watkin, Sam Caffyn & Robert Leadbetter	15	4	0	11	229	373	8	-144
15	Joe Dolan, W Croft, W Gorman & J Arthur	15	3	0	12	228	387	6	-159
16	Cyril Smith, George Hollings, Charlie Woodhard & Roy du Feu	15	1	0	14	223	406	2	-183

W.M.Leonard Trophy

Pos	Team	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Total
1	Scotland	3	1	1	3	8
2	South Africa	2	2	3	0	7
3	United States	0	3	4	3	7
4	Hong Kong	0	4	0	2	6
5	Wales	4	0	2	0	6
6	England	0	0	0	4	4
7	Ireland	0	0	0	1	1
8	Australia	1	0	0	0	1

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